In an office building in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, the famous Blue Cave Studio is located here.
Perhaps echoing the small country, the Korean people have a particularly strong obsession with "holes". There are more than 50,000 holes in Seoul alone.
In fact, this cave is the name of the local street division in Goryeo. On top of this, there are also divisions of "face", "eup" and "road".
It is reported that this kind of division of Goryeo originated from the Tang Dynasty of my country. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it followed the example of the Han Dynasty in setting up governors. It was later introduced to the peninsula and is still used today.
Even the title of Seoul is the same. After all, it is difficult to get rid of the fact that it is a vassal country in history. In order to get rid of this influence in modern times, the Koreans also changed the name of Seoul and informed it widely.
However, let’s refer to it as Seoul here.
In Blue Hole Studio, President Jin Changyujin was in his office, browsing the reviews of his own games on game forums.
Currently, Blue Hole Studio has two games in its hands, one is the peak of its debut game "TERA Oracle War", and the other is a gold-priced mobile game "Devil's Contract" developed for the flower grower game market.
However, before entering the flower grower game market, you still have to try the local waters now, and it is the result of shoddy production, so you can imagine the evaluation of players.
The one who was scolded was called a bloody idiot, and the elaborate krypton gold system was ridiculed as a typical example of people who want to make money crazy. Now the operation of this game in Goryeo has begun to make ends meet.
Fortunately, no matter how rubbish the game in Goryeo is, if it is thrown into the flower garden game market, there are still a lot of people rushing to represent it. As early as last year, it was represented by China's well-known download engine, and it is still in internal testing.
As long as the Flower Gardener Game Market operates well, it will definitely be no problem to recover the cost, and maybe even make a fortune. There is no way, who makes the game market next door not so picky.
Although he looked down on them, it was still very satisfying to earn their money! President Jin thought of this and took a sip of his coffee leisurely, feeling particularly comfortable.
"President, there is an investment company from a flower grower outside that wants to see you, called Dongsheng Investment." President Jin's secretary knocked on the door and came in, bowing and reporting.
"Dongsheng Investment? I've never heard of it. Isn't the Flower Planter's company here to talk about game agency?" Jin Changyu's face showed a hint of joy.
We just said that Flower Farmers are not picky eaters, and now they are coming to our doorstep? Currently, the two games in hand are already represented by Flower Farmers’ company, but this agency right has a time limit.
If there are competitors, it's not impossible to negotiate. The one with the highest price has to be the most basic business principle. If you have money but don't make money, you are a bastard.
Jin Changyu also welcomes people who come to send money, even if they are flower growers. After all, aren't flower growers stupid and rich in money?
Thinking of this, Jin Changyu couldn't help but reveal a philistine smile.
"The visitors are guests. Please sit in the conference room for a while. I'll be there right away." I was already thinking about the appropriate price to offer.
When Jin Changyu came to the conference room, he saw a man and a woman already sitting in the conference room. Jin Changyu's eyes couldn't help but move around the woman's body, and he was amazed in his heart.
"Hello, I am Jin Changyu, the president of Blue Hole Studio." Even if you have more thoughts on your heart, you still have to be polite on the surface.
"Hello, President Jin, I am Lu Sifang from Dongsheng Investment, and this is the Korean translator I brought." Lu Sifang introduced himself in fluent English, and then motioned to Li Jiana on the side to translate.
Jin Changyu waved his hand and said in standard Korean English: "It's okay, Mr. Lu, communicating in English is also my strength."
As the head of R&D at the former company and a master in game development, it is not surprising that Jin Changyu is proficient in English.
Perhaps it was precisely because there was no language barrier that he hooked up with Brandon Green. There was a fierce spark between the two middle-aged men, and they finally hit it off and created "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".
Lu Sifang was also a little surprised by this, but he brought Li Jiana with him just to be on the safe side. After all, time is also a precious cost in business negotiations.
"I came here to bother President Jin this time because we at Dongsheng Investment are very optimistic about the development prospects of Blue Hole Studio, especially because your company has outstanding capabilities in self-developed games, so we want to seek an opportunity to invest in your company.
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Lu Sifang continued to talk in fluent English, finally showing a bit of an investment elite.
However, when Jin Changyu heard it at first, he really appreciated the praise, but the more he listened, the more something was wrong. What do you mean? He didn’t want the game agency rights, but he actually wanted to invest in our company?
I didn't expect that I would treat them as a fool, but they turned out to be very smart. If I wanted to talk about investment, the nature would be completely different. After all, the valuation of Blue Hole Studio today is not a small amount.
From the fact that he was able to invest nearly 300 million yuan in research and development costs into the development of the game "TERA", it is enough to prove that he has a certain confidence and strength at the capital level.
At the same time, when Blue Hole Studio was at its most glorious, it dared to ask Tenda Pig Factory for an agency fee of up to 40 million U.S. dollars in an attempt to directly recover the cost.
At that time, the conservative valuation of Blue Hole Studio in the VC stage was at least US$500 million, and it was already considered a quite powerful game manufacturer.
Even though the phoenix in the water is not as good as the chicken now, the skinny camel is still bigger than the horse, especially when its core R&D team and main business are still alive, the revenue capability is still there.
At least it's not on the verge of bankruptcy and needs to find funds to take over the business, not to mention that the other party is a flower grower's company.
As a country deeply influenced by American authoritarianism, the United States is naturally superior in the chain of contempt of Koryo, even when it comes to investment.
Investment from the West means that Western capital markets value it, which plays an extremely important role in increasing the company's market value and expanding its influence.
In comparison, the investment of introducing flower growers is of little significance, let alone an unknown investment company? I have never heard of Dongsheng Investment.
Do we still expect him to bring any new development to Blue Hole Studio?
Therefore, Jin Changyu also waved his hands without interest, "Investment, our company's current cash flow is very sufficient, and we have no plans to raise funds in the short term. I'm very sorry..."
Faced with Jin Changyu's attitude of refusing to accept people thousands of miles away, Lu Sifang was not surprised. After all, he had made sufficient psychological preparations before coming.
Therefore, Lu Sifang said calmly: "President Jin, there is no need to refuse in a hurry. Why don't you listen to our quotation first?"
Lu Sifang showed a confident expression, because he had a tip from Zhou Dongsheng, and if he used it properly, he might be able to take down Jin Changyu in one fell swoop.
"Oh? Then I would like to hear how much your company values our Blue Hole Studio?" Jin Changyu also showed an expression of willingness to hear the details.